to the brim

idiom

: to the top
He filled the glass to the brim.

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Customers have been posting pictures of stores that look more like warehouses, filled to the brim with boxes that couldn't be unloaded due to understaffing. Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2025 Hannah reached for the bottle of Dom and filled her glass to the brim with a put-upon sigh, pity swimming in her hazel eyes. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025 The show will be a much more intimate experience than McCartney’s usual stadium-sized stomping grounds, which are usually filled to the brim with tens of thousands of people. Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025 Thousands of roses and matching carpeting also were utilized within the presentation space which was filled to the brim. Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 8 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for to the brim 

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“To the brim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20brim. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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